An EF-1 tornado that struck a Montgomery neighborhood early Wednesday formed and touched down too quickly for the National Weather Service to issue a warning, an official with the NWS said.
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John De Block, warning coordination meteorologist for the NWS in Birmingham, said the tornado developed suddenly in a line of thunderstorms that was part of an outbreak of severe weather that spawnedover two days. De Block said the radar did not indicate a tornado was about to strike east Montgomery before it hit at 3 a.m. Wednesday.
“So, that leaves one out of four tornadoes that develops suddenly and can strike. And that’s why when we issue that tornado watch, you’ve got to be prepared.” That warning was for a storm further east, near the border of Montgomery and Macon counties, an EF-0 tornado that touched down in Shorter at 3:23 a.m., causing minor damage.“We have gotten responses, even to our Facebook page, that people did hear sirens,” Thornton said. “It might not have been before the tornado. Because again, it happened so fast. And which unfortunately can happen during a tornado watch.
Thornton said the city and county agencies were monitoring the severe weather closely and reacted quickly. “I was sleeping then but when that first round came through it sounded just like a doggone freight train coming through,” Knott said. “Just a bunch of rumbling and shaking and vibrations. It was definitely something I’ve never experienced before. And I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.”
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